Knowledge Transfers from Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Albert N. Link, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: The findings from a study of the relationship between postdoctoral students and R&D at Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) are presented in this paper. The goal of the study is not only to understand better knowledge transfers from publicly supported R&D but also to estimate the returns to R&D conducted in federally funded laboratories. Using public domain data related to FFRDCs, published by the US National Science Foundation, the R&D elasticity of doctoral students is estimated over the years 2010–2019 to be about 0.85. This estimate compares well to previous studies of the returns to publicly funded R&D.
Knowledge Transfers from Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Science and Public Policy, 2021, 48(4): 576–581
- Language: English
- Date: 2021
- Keywords
- program management, FFRDCs, returns to R and D, postdoctoral students, public sector